River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-06-16

uM4 the minnesota Duslhess Men Aen0cld-
ton Endorsed It.
The first annual meeting of the
Minnesota Business Mems association con
vened at Mankato June Z, a large number
OF delegates being present. Hon Kunte Mel
son delivered long and carefully prepared
address upon the Interstate Commerce
law which he sustained 10y his vote in Con-
gress aud explained and defended before the
people. Hon w. b. Dean of st. Paul took
prominent part in the discussions of the
first day, ably defining the position of the
wholesale interests of st. Paul and Mime
apolis.
Warden Benson, of the Manitoba
penitentiary, has warned the Dominion
government that the half-breeds and
Indians are becoming daily more aggres-
siYe, and, that, unless they are checked,
trouble may be expected. The half-hreeds
desire nothing better than a renewal of
hostilities. II Is they who have been in
citing the Indians TO commit the recent
crimes. The force in many stations is TO be
doubled and new recruits for the police OBJ
tanned.
The fifth National Convention of
chiefs and commissioners of the Bureau OF
Labor statistics was held at Madison, Wis,
June s. Carroll d. Wright, of Boston, pres
| ldeut of the organization, delivered the
opening address on labor bureaus and their
works, objects and results obtained. The
following officers FOR the ensuing year were
elected President Carroll d. Wright, Dos
ton; vice president, Frank A. Flower, Mad
ison; secretary, f. +. Hutchins, Des Moines.
Sleepy Eye. Mimi, dispatch, 9TH
Mrs Kelbs, living in Bashaw township left
her home ON Tuesday night. taking her two
year-old child with her. Since then moth
ing has been heard of her. She is supposed
To be in the woods north of the city, and
large numbers Of citizens have searched
without avail. Fears are entertained lest
they perish from exposure and hunger.
Mrs Kelbs is supposed to be insane. Her
husband is in Oregon.
The thirtieth annual council of the
Minnesota Episcopal church was held at
/ Faribault June S, Bishop Whipple presiding
and Assistant Bishop Gilbert presenting the
address. There were present some fifty
/ clergyman and forty laymen. he officers
/ and standing committees of last year were
! re-chosen, except Rev. w. G.. Pope of st.
| Paul in place of Bishop Thomas removed
from the state.
DIR. O. r. Wolcott one of the best
| known residents Of Milwaukee, was swim
! died out of $3.50 by "a couple of bunco men
who opened a shopin that city, ostensibly
/ as a real-estate office. The Doctor is al
/ most crazy over his loss, which was accom-
| piished by the simple and well known and
/ often exposed lottery game, that everybody
| ought to understand is thief's device, and
nothing else.
Thursday was a notable day of the
G. a. r., encampment at Sank Center,
/ Mimi, the ceremonies consisting Of par
/ ade of the twenty five Posts, Civic societies
/ devoted to speech making by Gov. MeGill
/ Hon /. Donneily, Capt. III. A. Castle, Com
/ mander WheelOck, Gen. Barrett, Capt. w
| ". Breden, Gen. Sully, GOV. Barto and
| others.
The Ten persons attending the funer.
al of the marderer Nelson on the Sth, al
Lake Byron township, Beadle county, were
very badly scared by the approach OF a cy
clone, 1t came directly toward the house
when all took To their teams and started
for safety, leaving Nelson's corpse alone
They returned when the cloud changed il.
course and disappeared.
The third annual meeting of the
Minnesota State Pharmaceutical assoca
ton will be held at New Tim, June "A and
/ 10 Preparations have been made 70 give
! them a hearty reception 1t is expected
that about 250 win attend. The Chicago
| * Northwestern railway will return then
on certificates at one third OF the regular
fare.
On the night of the 10th, the hous,
of James Edwards, a farmer of Menota
Manitoba, took fire from a broken stove
and was burned to the ground. Three
children, aged seven, twelve and fourteen
were burned to death. Mr. Edwards and
] ia
! carrying two children with them.
jamestown. Dakota telegram, eth
| A cyclone thirty rods in dianietsr swept the
I country thirty miles north to-day. doing
/ considerable damage to crops and horses
/ and dropping large hailstones. A funnel
shaped cloud was plainly seen from thi;
1 city. where the sky was clear and the sur
! shining brightly
Lafayette Comstock, farmer living
ten miles from Madelia, Mimi, was STRUCK
/ by lightning Thursday, and badly but not
/ fatally injured He was lying on "a bed
/ when the bolt came down the stoveppe
/ struck the bedstead, killed dog and
slightly injured two children.
The executive committee Of tho
4 Minnesota Editorial association has called
the annual meeting of the association &c
convene at Anoka, at 10 a. m July 10, and
on the evening of that day will proceed 10y
! special train TO Duluth. full programme
/ will soon be announced
During the night of the 10th burglar,
broke into the Omaha r. r., depot, at Ash
! land, Wis, and blew open the company's
safe. Only a small sum Of money was Sc
I cured. The city is infested with burglars
and there is talk of organizing vigilance
committee.
The bond Of Bishop Gordon, receiv-
er Of the land office at Redwood Falls, wa,
received Saturday at the Interior depart
ment. Gordon's nomination was confirmed
by the Senate in February. His bond is fol
! $1,000 and is the largest ever required OF
( an officer of the land service.
While running to fire at St. Paul
/ Mimi, Wednesday evening a hook and
/ ladder truck and hose cart
1 collided and young man upon the street
/ was instantly killed. The men upon the
hose carts We're injured, but not fatally.
The Penokeo & Gogebic Develop
ment Company has been consolidated with
! the Ashland Mining Company, in Wisconsin
under the name of the Consolidated Colby
I Mines, thus making the strongest iron min
/ ing company, perhaps, in the world.
Senator Girard, who represents St
Boniface, Man, has received a letter from
"A friend in the Northwest stating that Louis
Schmidt. prominent in the Rel rising, is
tanning the discomfort still existing among
the half breeds.
Up TO the 9th there had been no adj
iustment Of the carpenters strike at st.
Paul, the contractors and employers being
as firm in refusing the demand ofnine hours
work for ten hours pay as the other side in
making it,
The board of regents of the
University Of North Dakota at Grand
Forks, have elected Ex-Gov. Gilbert A.
Pierce president Of the institution without
a dissenting voice
THE MARKETS.
st. Paul, june -.
GRAIN
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Wheat, No. Northern.... IS a rs
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